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MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

No. 315,378. Alubtenzgdl Alm?, 1885;

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MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

' SPECIFICATION forming pari'. of Letters Patent No. 315,378,6latedApril' 7, 1885. Y

'Application filed January 29,V 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may'conaerrt:

Beit known that I, JEROME BACON, a citizen ofthe United States, residingat Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Mechanical Movements;and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which forni a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a face view ot' my device. Fig. 2is an edgeview of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

This invention has relation to mechanical powers for drivingdonblegeared machines; and it consists in the construction and novelarrangement of devices, all as hereinafter set forth, and pointed outinthe appended claims. i In the accompanying drawings, the letter Adesignates the end of an ordinary wringing machine, to which myinvention is represented as applied.

B indicates the upper shaft or journal,hav ing the gear-wheel C, whichengages the gea wheel D of the lower shaft, E.

F is a brace applied byits upper end on the shaft or journal outsideofthe gear, and'by the lower end to the edge of the tub or otherbearing. This brace is designed to steady the machine at the operatingside during the action of the lever.

G is the operating-lever, which is designed to be pivoted on the lowershaft atH. It is provided at its lower end just above the pivotbearingwith apivoted pawl, K,which is adapted to engage a ratchet, L, on thelower shaft to turn said shaft in the direction indicated by the arrowwhen the lever is pushed upward from the horizontal to the verticalposition. This lever works through the arc of a quarter of a circle, andwhen it is depressed from the vertical the pawl K is disengaged from theratchet L and moves backward on the same for a fresh purchase.

To the lever is pivoted the arm S, the outer end of which is bifurcatedor branched, and provided with the lateral pivoted links V, which extendinward from the ends of the branches on opposite sides of the gear Ctothe upper shaft or journal, B, on which saidlinks are also pivoted. Thejoint at" which the branches of the arm S are pivoted to thelinksV Valso provides a pivot-bearing for the reversi- 7i ble pawl Z, which isdesigned to engage the teeth of the gear-wheel C. When in direct workingposition, this pawlextends inward, so

that it acts in an opposite direction from the lever-pawl, serving,however,- to turn the upper wheel, C, inthe di'rectionindicatedby thearrow, which is the same direction in which l said wheel is turned bythe action of the lower wheel when the latter is operated by the lowerpawl, K. When the lever is depressed, the pawl-Z is in direct action,and when said lever is raised the pawl Z slides back on the gearwheelfor a new engagement.

In order that the lever G can be raised to the perpendicular, it isformed with abend, 0L,`

whereby it is enabled to span the upper shaft or journal, B, which wouldotherwise form an obstruction.

end of the rise of the lever. The lever is also This bend forms the stopat the` provided with a lug-stop, b, designed to en" gage a shoulder orbearing, o, of the arm S when said lever has reached the horizontahinorder to prevent further xncvement in this direction.

To the body of the arm S, and projecting outward or toward theelbowjoint d, is secured a flexible tongue, T, preferably made ofrubber, which is designed to serve as a spring to cause the pawl Z toactpromptly and quickly,`

What I claim, and desire to securelbywLety ters Patent, isl l. Thecombination, with the shafts `B and E, the engaging wheels, and theratchet on lever-shaft, of the main lever pivoted on the lower shaft andthe stop bent at a to span the npper shaft, the lower pawl, K, the armS, its links V, and the upper pawl, Z, pi voted at the lelbow-joint,substantially as specied.

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2. The combination, with the shafts and their engaging gear-wheels, andthe ratchet on the lever-shaft, of the lever G, having the lower pawland provided with the elbow-arm, and links having at the joint an upperpawl, the stop-lug on the lever, and the stop shoulder or bearing on thearm, substantially as specied.

3. The combination, with the main lever having a pawl at its lower end,and the engag-` ing Wheels and ratchet, of the bifurcated arm, the linksconnected to the branches of this arm, and the pawl pivoted at the jointof said links and arm, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with the upper shaft or ver and having linksconnected to the upper 2o shaft, the spring,and the upper pawl pivotedat the elbow-joint, substantially as specified. Y 5. The combination,with the upper shaft or journal, thelower shaft, and the engaginggearwheels mounted on these shafts, of the main 25 operating-leverpivoted on the lower shaft, and having a lower pawl operating a ratcheton said lower shaft, the arm pivoted to said lever, its links, and thepawl engaging the upper gear-wheel, and a steadying-brace eXtend- 3o ingfrom the upper shaft or journalV downward to a hearing` substantially asspecified. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JEROME BACON. Witnesses:

PHILIP C, iWIAsI, M. P. CALLAN.

